Quick 4x4 always on question.
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Quick 4x4 always on question.
Is there a way to permanently lock the front wheels? My than ferry case works to engage the front axel. But the wheels are not engageing. I have put enough money in to it and would like to pemently lock the front wheels. Any ideas? Thanks chris
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Chris, you really don't want to do that for normal general driving.
The front carrier has no ability to divide traction between either front wheel and will severely bind steering going around turns.
This in itself is a bit dangerous.
It will be hard on the front CV joints, tires and steering gear hardware.
The front drive in these trucks is not designed to do this.
It is meant to be of traction assistance under limited circumstances such as snow, mud, light short distance towing/pulling assist etc and....not.... for general road use at higher speeds.
The binding come about because an axle in hard lockup, the wheel speeds between left and right in a turn are at different rates while 'trying' to be the same each side, so binding become the result and difficulty steering from the cab is the result.
Good luck.
The front carrier has no ability to divide traction between either front wheel and will severely bind steering going around turns.
This in itself is a bit dangerous.
It will be hard on the front CV joints, tires and steering gear hardware.
The front drive in these trucks is not designed to do this.
It is meant to be of traction assistance under limited circumstances such as snow, mud, light short distance towing/pulling assist etc and....not.... for general road use at higher speeds.
The binding come about because an axle in hard lockup, the wheel speeds between left and right in a turn are at different rates while 'trying' to be the same each side, so binding become the result and difficulty steering from the cab is the result.
Good luck.
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The front axle is engaged by a vacuum cylinder mounted on the differential.. Push a pin in or pull the pin out... that's it... the motor vacuum is routed thru two solenoids on the firewall and each one will push or pull to get the job done. You can use a cable / rod to do the same thing manually, or you can bring the two hoses up to the fender well and connect one to vacuum manually to pull or push the pin when you want to open the hood and do it..... you need to make sure the vacuum cylinder is working and the pin will move in and out to see that is not the problem at this time.... pin can get stuck, and internal damage can occure to stop engagement also.
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